the virgin queen .First permanent English settlement in North America . Jamestown 1607.
State song:Carry me back to Old Virginia .Nicknames:Mother of Presidents and Old Dominion. Statehood.June 25,1788
Dec 20, 2021
GREETINGS FROM VIRGINIA
Dec 19, 2021
LEON LAS MEDULAS
In the Bierzo, northwest of the Aquilanos Mountains and near the valley of the Sil River, lies Las Médulas, a fantastic landscape resulting from Roman gold mining. It is probably the largest gold mine dug by the Romans in their empire and is declared World Heritage by UNESCO.
Its reddish image hides a sinuous landscape of mystery. Nobody would say that these steep rocks bury, in their bowels, the gold of the Romans.
The mining stopped centuries ago, the site of Medulas becomes a beautiful landscape, very attractive from the tourist point of view, which is completed by the museum infrastructure of an archaeological workshop. It describes, in detail, the period of full activity of the largest open-air gold mining in the Roman Empire.
The Medulas offer to the visitor, beyond a landscape of extraordinary beauty, the possibility of knowing a curious and complex system of exploitation that the Roman geographer and naturalist, Pliny the Elder, will call 'ruina montium'.
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The Great Wall of China
As the name suggests, it is located in China and the Great Wall is the collective name given to a series of fortification systems built across the borders of the country. The purpose of the Great Wall was to protect as well as mark the territories of the Chinese states and empires. Several of the walls were found to have been built as early as the 7th century BC, but the most well known sections were built by the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). An archaeological survey found that the entire wall with all of its branches measures out to be 21,196 km. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987, and attracts many visitors every year.
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NAVY PIER CHICAGO
Navy Pier, Chicago,
Located on the shoreline of lake Michigan, in Chicago, Illinois, the hightlight of the downtown area is a fun for guests and residents of the "Windy City".
Dec 17, 2021
Greetings from MARYLAND
Nicknamed the "Old Line State", Maryland, located in the eastern United States, is part of the Capital Region USA. Covering an area of 27,901 km², it is divided in two by the Chesapeake Bay. Its capital is Annapolis, but its main and largest city is Baltimore.
Dec 13, 2021
Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Thanks to Sylvia for the nice card.
The Luther memorials in Wittenberg were recognized as World Heritage Sites in December 1996, because they "represent a significant milestone in human history and are of outstanding universal significance as authentic sites of the Reformation." The Schlosskirche (Castle Church), Lutherhaus (Luther House), Stadtkirche (City Church) and Melanchthonhaus (Melanchthon House) are part of the heritage.
Wittenberg was the center of his reformation activities, and the castle church, in whose portal he posted his 95 Theses on October 31, 1517, later became his final resting place, as well as that of Phillip Melanchthon, one of his closest followers.
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- Marienplatz Station, Munich
Country:
Germany, Federal Republic
Themes:
Undergrounds (Subways)
Issued on:
2020-04-02
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